Peter Paul Reckell (born May 7, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the iconic hero Bo Brady, a role he originated in 1983 on the NBC drama Days of Our Lives.
Reckell has played Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives for over 5 decades from 1983 to 1987, 1990 to 1992, 1995 to 2012, and returned in fall 2015 as a lead up to the 50th anniversary of the show. In 2022 he appeared on Peacock’s Beyond Salem 2. In 2023 he returned to Days of Our Lives for a short-term story. [1] Other notable credits include Eric Hollister on As the World Turns (1980–1982) and Johnny Rourke on Knots Landing (1988–1989).
Reckell was born in Elkhart, Indiana, but grew up on a farm in Okemos, Michigan. The second oldest of six children, he has two brothers and three sisters. While in junior high school, Reckell built theater sets and performed in the chorus, and eventually became a theater technical director. He went on to appear in numerous plays throughout high school. Upon graduation, Reckell attended the prestigious Boston Conservatory, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater with a minor in music and dance.[2]
Reckell made his network-television debut as Eric Hollister on As the World Turns. He then played Bo on Days of our Lives from 1983 to 1987 and later from 1990 to 1992. He returned to the role of the rugged cop for the third time in August 1995, but departed the role again in October 2012. During part of his absence from Days, Reckell appeared in the recurring role of Johnny Rourke on the primetime series Knots Landing. Among Reckell's stage credits are Moonchildren, The Fantasticks, The Pirates of Penzance, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls, Love Letters and Deathtrap.
His feature film credits include Rustam Ibraguimbekov's Broken Bridges, which was filmed in Russia.
On May 14, 2009, twenty-six years since his debut on Days of Our Lives, Reckell was nominated for his first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
In 2010, Reckell joined the cast of the Emmy Award-winning web soap series Venice: The Series as Richard McAndrews. This venture soon became a family affair with wife Kelly Moneymaker coming on board in 2011 to coordinate music for the highly anticipated third season of the show.
Reckell married Dale Kristien in December 1987. They divorced in 1991.
Reckell married Kelly Moneymaker on April 18, 1998. Their daughter, Loden Sloan, was born on October 25, 2007.[3] They now reside in Anchorage Alaska. Reckell is a passionate environmentalist and enjoys spending time with family, mountain biking, yoga, martial arts, swimming and horseback riding.
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